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Arcana Coelestia #1020

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1020. That these things are meant becomes clear from the fact that everything put together as history from Genesis 1 down to Eber in Chapter 11 means something different from what appears in the letter, and from the consideration that the historical narratives there are purely made-up history customary among the most ancient people. When attesting the truth of some matter they would say that 'Jehovah said it'. Here however 'God' is used because the subject is the spiritual Church. And they did the same when anything true was being, or had been, put into effect.

  
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Commentary

 

225 - All These Things Shall Be Added to You

By Jonathan S. Rose

Title: All These Things Shall Be Added to You

Topic: Salvation

Summary: Passages in Scripture prepare us for hardship and loss in the short run and joy and abundance in the long run.

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References:
Matthew 6:31; 12:28
Genesis 1; 4
Matthew 21:28, 43
Mark 12:28
Luke 17:20-21
John 3:3
Galatians 5:14, 24
Psalms 16:8; 84:10-11
Matthew 25:20, 29
Luke 6:20, 35, 38
Genesis 1:22, 28; 8:17; 9:1; 17:20; 28:3
Ezekiel 36:25, 29, 34-35
Mark 4:30
Revelation 22:12, 14

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